"The family
is a child-bearing monogamous marriage.
It is the institution that has made Western civilisation
possible.
It is the single most efficient means ever devised for
conserving the material, cultural and spiritual capital
of one generation and handing it on to the next.
It requires two people to set aside their pleasures,
their opportunities and their ambitions, in order to
provide for their children.
It requires fidelity, self discipline, economy and faith
in the future." (Professor Roger Scruton, Salisbury Review, 1996)